Hello families I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving break! I heard about some of the awesome things you did while on break. As we move through these next couple of weeks, it is important that they are truly on top of things. The Christmas Eve service is very important and we need everyone to do their part. We've been practicing our verses and our songs and I cannot wait for you all to hear how beautiful they sound!
Religion: We are moving along in our Christmas unit by focusing on the ordinary people that God chose to do extraordinary things. We have talked about Moses and Samuel. We started to discuss Esther, and will finish talking about her on Thursday. After Esther we will talk about Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary, and John the Baptist before talking about Jesus himself. Reading: The essential question for the week is, "How can one person change the way you think? " We spent some time discussing this. A lot of them thought of things such as force, bribe, and trick. It took some time, but we were able to talk through some positive ideas such as motivate, inspire and encourage. We also spent some time talking about leadership, courage and bravery and how they connect to the essential question. We are revisiting historical fiction and cause and effect this week, so the reading assignments should be fairly simple. We focused on three figures from history already, Jackie Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt and Madam CJ Walker. We will a historical fiction piece on Abraham Lincoln as well. We will also spend some time with present-tense verbs and we will discus how we can use them in our writing. Math: We are approaching the end of topic 5. On Monday we went all the way back to 5-1, as upon grading it was evident that they struggled with that concept. The last couple of lessons involve word problems. We will learn how to solve them, and then we will take some time to write them ourselves. I anticipate that the test will either be Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. For this topic, we were introduced to the multiplication table, so practice using one of those at home. You can have them create their own and use it to solve practice problems. When it comes to homework, encourage them to practice one of the many strategies that we've learned (repeated addition/subtraction, arrays, bar diagrams, pictures of equal group). Social Studies: We are finishing up the first chapter of our unit. We will do some group presentations on the Bill of Rights, and finish up the last lesson before we move into the review stage. I anticipate that the test will be next week either Thursday or Friday. With this being our first test, we will spend a good amount of time prepping to make sure that we are ready. We will create a study guide together so that they walk out feeling prepared and ready. Important Dates:
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